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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cilium.

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Examples

  • A. Washington Chase, Ira O. Sawyer, Pentucket ciub David B. Tenney, William E. B.unt and Charles C. corporate'cil '' '°'

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • Many secular Egyptians were alarmed by the group's 2007 draft political program, which proposed setting up an Islamic coun cil to vet laws and would have banned women and Christians running for president.

    Egypt's Islamist Riddle Keith Johnson 2011

  • The GOP will criticize Obama and his policies no matter what he does or what the results, so the Democrats may as well do the right thing. cil

    Two senators say House health-care proposal is dead 2009

  • Of course, paper and pen (cil) is always the simplest way to go.

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  • Thats good for them, Patty said, as long as I can sit it out for the cil stuff.

    Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009

  • At the end of the set the man playing the saxophone took up the microphone and, in an Irish accent, explained that the best part of the evening was ahead, in fact was about to start now, since they were going to play some cil tunes as they had the previous weeks.

    Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009

  • At the end of the set the man playing the saxophone took up the microphone and, in an Irish accent, explained that the best part of the evening was ahead, in fact was about to start now, since they were going to play some cil tunes as they had the previous weeks.

    Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009

  • Thats good for them, Patty said, as long as I can sit it out for the cil stuff.

    Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009

  • Thats good for them, Patty said, as long as I can sit it out for the cil stuff.

    Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009

  • At the end of the set the man playing the saxophone took up the microphone and, in an Irish accent, explained that the best part of the evening was ahead, in fact was about to start now, since they were going to play some cil tunes as they had the previous weeks.

    Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009

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